Apr 5, 2012 | The Mississippi Press
19-year-old escapee captured after Lake Mars incident
A handcuffed 19-year-old man who was arrested after a call about a fight at the Lake Mars public fishing pier in the Gulf Park Estates community kicked out a window on a Jackson County sheriff's patrol car at the Jackson County Substation and escaped on Tuesday, stated Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd.
South Mississippi pelted with heavy rains, winds
A powerful rainstorm pelted south Mississippi's coastal counties and generated waterspouts on Thursday, but Jackson County seemed to fare well through the inclement weather.